I agree now, that connectivity is important. I was in the beginning stages of formulating the initial concept when I wrote the previous message. Thank you all for your valuable input. It was about a five minute venture on my part. I was keen on it. Wireless LAN... perfect idea. I know about the notes online thing... that's a rather old concept, at least in Wisconsin, where I live. The notes could also be available on a university's intranet, as teachers often put them in their directories. But I suppose wireless internet access would also be a good idea too. My main concern is that the student has some kind of tablet device. A student shouldn't have to purchase a large desktop worth 1000-2000 dollars with all the latest technology, unless they can afford it. Only game plyers and graphics people really need those speedy chips anyway.
Durability is key for younger people. Like that other guy said, little kids tend to drop things... I think this program would start out at specific universities, maybe private primary schools with rich kids. If Texas wants to maintain its formal education status quo, that's fine. I don't live there, and I wouldn't force a state to be technologically advanced.
The autistic kids would eat it up. My mom used to teach them and they loved to spend a lot of time in front of the computers. I think all modern students would like this idea. COmputers are a growing part of our lives, might as well get them into the real world learning environment.
Shared printer... with wireless access to it.. Also a very good idea. THe most of expensive thing about a computer are ink jet cartridges. I shell out 30 dollars a piece for my two inkjet cartridges in this printer. That's outrageous.
I think that if someone, a certain person, actually, wants to participate in philantropy, he should offer low-priced Tablet PC's to education programs in the USA. (this is my 4th of July gift to the greatest nation in the world.) It's like half-philantropy, but it's worth it. If he gives out the returns, he'll get the rewards, plus profit.
"snarfix christopehr griswold" wrote:
> A low-priced Tablet PC with limited function could serve as a very important tool in learning. Imagine a student consilidating all of his or her textbooks into a single unit, instead of lugging around big books which they don't really want to read. When the unit powers on, it brings up a menu program with a list of textbooks to access. The texbooks would be sold on cd rom or dvd, and implanted into the menu as modules. Also accessible would be a standard, engrained word processor and a virtual notebook, organized by subject. Other software modules might include games, and a graphing calculator for advanced math students.
> Hardware would include a hard drive of ample size, USB ports for printers and mice, or perhaps even a scanner. Of course the writing and pointing would be accomplished with a stylus. No internet access will be included, because it would ditract the students with MP3's, pornography, and chat. They can buy their own computer for that stuff.
> Advantages to the digital format are text searches, "writing on the page", less materials in class, and graphical animations.
> I think that is the solution to an advanced education. Those textbooks we currently have are too expensive, overwhelming, and too hard to carry around.
> So, industry leaders, please make the tablet pc available to everyone in a learning environment.
> Christopher Griswold
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